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Rapid primary microwave-osmium fixation. I. Preservation of structure for electron microscopy in seconds
GR Login, BK Dwyer and AM Dvorak
Department of Pathology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA 02215.
Microwave irradiation (MWIr) of tissues immersed in aldehydes has been used to preserve fine structure in seconds. The purpose of this study was to extend these findings to include rapid primary osmium fixation in a microwave (MW) device with a high volume exhaust. Blocks of rat heart and liver were trimmed to approximately 4 mm3 and exposed to 0.2 M symcollidine-buffered 2% osmium tetroxide for a period of 6-7 sec during MWIr (final solution temperature approximately 45 degrees C). We also evaluated rapid fixation of tissues exposed to MWIr simultaneously with immersion in dilute Karnovsky's fixative (6-7 sec to approximately 50 degrees C) followed by MWIr of specimens immersed in osmium (7 sec to approximately 45 degrees C). Tissues were stored in 0.1 M sodium cacodylate buffer (pH 7.3, 4 degrees C) up to 2 weeks and were stained en bloc in uranyl acetate, dehydrated in a graded series of alcohols, and embedded in propylene oxide-Epon sequence. Thin sections were stained with lead citrate and examined by transmission electron microscopy. We demonstrate that fine structural preservation of tissue blocks can be achieved by MWIr in aldehyde and/or osmium in seconds.
Volume 38,
Issue 6,
pp. 755-762,
06/01/1990
Copyright © 1990 by The Histochemical Society
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